Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday gave order for a judicial inquiry into the Kunduli Gangrape case.

Chief Minister Patnaik directed for a judicial investigation along with the Crime Branch probe into the minor girl’s gang rape. According to reports, the judicial inquiry will be conducted as per the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952 and a District Judge will probe the incident.

It should be noted that the victim minor girl from Musaguda village was returning from Kunduli daily market on October 10, when a group of four men allegedly dressed in central force jawans dragged her into a nearby forest and sexually assaulted.